Knit fabric



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S. UONDE.

KNIT FABRIC.

No. 462,470. Patented Nov. 3, 1891.

WITNESSES: 4 INyENTOB m ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SVVITS CONDE, OF OSVVEGO, NElV YORK.

KNIT FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 462,470, dated November 3, 1891.

Application filed August 30, 1890. Serial No. 363,537. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SWITs CONDE, of Oswego, in the county of Oswego, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Knit Fabrics, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to knit fabrics, and has for its object the production of an easily-constructed, novel, and pleasing spotted fabric suitable for manufacture into shirts and other garments; and to this end the invention consists, essentially, in a fabric having a knitted body or face and a series of spots knitted into the face of said fabric and composed of short sections of yarn.

The invention also consists in a biased or broken extremity upon said sections, whereby the composing threads are of unequal projection and the section is more securely knitted into the fabric.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which like letters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 represents an elevation of my improved fabric made up into an outing-shirt. Fig. 2 represents an enlarged detached portion of the fabric, illustrating its detail construction; and Fig. 3 illustrates a detached section of the yarn.

A represents the fabric, which is composed of a series of strands of yarn a, knitted together in the ordinary or any desired manner. This fabric is, however, preferably formed upon a looped or bearded needle knittinghine, as set forth in my pending applicans for feeds for knitting-machines, Serial X0. 363,538, filed August 30, 1890, and for process of knitting, Serial No. 363,670, filed September 1, 1890.

B represents the spots which are formed upon the fabric, as best seen in Figs. land 2. These spots are arranged in rows and consist of short sections of yarn knitted into the fabric at intervals.

The mechanism for dividing the yarn into sections and knitting the same into the body of the fabric forms no part of my present invention and is made the subject-matter of one of the aforesaid pending applications, Serial Nos. 363,538 and 363,670. The short sections of yarn b b are preferably formed with biased or broken extremities 1), whereby the composing threads are of unequal projection and the sections when knitted into the body are more securely held than if the end were square. This is evident, since it will be understood that part of the threads are knitted into one loop and part into the next adjacent loops. As preferably constructed, the spots B are composed of one or more sections of the same or different colors or textures, whereby a very novel and pleasing mottled effect is produced, which greatly adds to the desirability and salability of the shirt. By varying the color and kind of the yarn the operator is enabled to produce an unlimited and diversified number of designs, which forms a feature of great practical advantage. It will be apparent, however, that my invention is not limited to any particular color of yarn for composing the spots B, nor to the use of sections of yarn having biased extremities, since square extremities can be used, if desired, although, as aforesaid, such is not the preferable construction.

My invention will be readily perceived from the foregoing and upon reference to the drawings.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-described fabric, the same consisting of a knitted body having knitted thereinto at intervals short sections of yarn, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described knitted fabric, the same consisting of a knitted body having thereon a series of rows of spots formed by a series of short sections of yarn knitted into said fabric at intervals, substantially as described.

3. The herein-described knittedfabric having a knitted body and having knitted thereinto at intervals short sections of yarn, having one extremity biased, whereby the ends of component threads of said sections are of unequal projection and the said sections more securely held, substantially as specified.

4:. The herein-described knitted fabric having a knitted body and having thereon a se- Oswego, in the State of New York, this 23d ries of spots formed by sections of differentday of August, 1890. ly-oolored yarn, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. SWITS OONDE 5 In testimony whereof I have hereunto. WVitnesses:

signed my name, in the presence of two at- W. ZELLER, testing Witnesses, at Oswego, in the county of O. G. PHILLIPS. 

